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":., Dennis Coombs, formerly in sales with -'.!'llartea Webster & Johnson bt Fresno, has i, been promoted to specialty sales for Ameri,'can Forest Products.

c , Ben Ward, until recently head of Ward i' & Knapp in San Francisco, is now operi: ating on his own as Vincent D. Ward, r-. wholesale lumber, in Burlingame.

Good news sometimes travels mighty slow, but congratulations anyqray to Jim and Fran Ramsey on the birth of number one son Kevin in Chicago, Illinois. Jim, iwho met his bride in San Francisco when he was working for Cheim Lumber Company, now sells for Union Lumber Company out of its Chicago office.

Hugh Pessner, West Coast Timber Products, and his Greenbrae tribe, spent the holiday season visiting friends and relatives in southern California.

Art Parkins, manager of Cal-Door Los Angeles, spent thb week of January 18th in San Francisco with members of the board of directors of the pioneer distributing concern.

Dick Freeman, So-Cal Building Materials vice-president in Los Angeles, on a Pacific northwest business safari during January. Always seeking new business. '

Lloyd lYebb, F. M. Crawford Lumber in c0rries 0 plywood inventory coref ully selected to meet your needs r/ Itlategic locafiotFou' wen-srocked ' worehouse is locoted in the heort of Soulhern Colifornio home ond commerciql conslruction, hpelienced Permnnel-Thoroushry ' troined ond experienced in the plywood field, ond fomilior with your requirements.

Los Angeles on a jaunt to the mills a,lranging for some hard to obtain materirals for the customers of the wholesale distributing concern.

Gus Hoover, popular and well known lumberman of San Mitrino, hag egtcblished his "branch ofrcet' for the season .at Santa Anita. He has been headman of A. L. Hoover Company for more than a half of a century.

Carl Gavotto, San Diego wholesaler, on a recent fast trip to points north on real estate and lumber business.

With snow standing two units deep at both his Truckee and Tahoe City yards, Truckee-Tahoe Lumber's Charlie Croes, Sr. packed his serape,and sombrero and hustled otr to Mexico with his Sylvia to await the Spring thaw.

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Supreme Nine member Bob Wright of Fresno has named Frenk Billings Northern California state deputy snark. Frank, who, represents California Paciffc Sales Corp. in San Francisco, is also president of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9, one of the Order's oldest existing chapters.

A Christmas card from Joe Bugley posted at New Orleans where he stopped off for a short beer enroute home from a visit with relatives at Ornaha would indicate the ol' lumber drummer is still hustling and anxious to keep in touch with his lumber industry friends.

Walt Hjort and Johnny Polach called on Hobbs Wall suppliers and surveyed flood damage in the Sierras and Oregon tluring late January.

Evelyn Miller of Mullin Lumber Company in San Gabriel, entered the hospital on January 12, but all reports now are that she is doing nicely.

Among several Californians attending the National Building Material Distributors Association conclave in Las Vegas January 15-16-17 were Paul Sink, Mason Supplies; Bill Fahs, California Panel & Veneer; Fred Smales ,and Don Braley, United States plywood and. so many others we couldn,t keep track.

Forrest Wilson, B. C. Forest Products southern sales representative, seen basking in the hot springs bath at Palm Springs. Forrest was trying to warm up a couple of lumbermen from the north country.

John Kent, Ed Fountain lumber buyer at their Medford office, visited the home office in Los Angeles to discuss Christmas week flood problems,

John Osgood, of Robert S. Osgood in'Los Angeles, is back from a recent eastern trip to the southeast and to New York.

Bob Reid, friendly credit manager for Santa Ana's Barr Lumber, has been elected president of the Building Materials Dealers Credit Association in Los Angeles.

Ralph Baker, g:eneral manager of Barr Lumber who suffered a heart attack .last November, is home from the hospital to do a little more convalescing before returning to the office on a limited basis.

King McKee of Forest Lumber Company reports that their new offices on Huntington Drive in San Marino are just great and that it's business as usual.

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